Job title: Financial Accountant
Based at: Finance Centre, Cheltenham Racecourse
Contract type: 6-month contract
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
About the role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join our team at the Finance Centre in Cheltenham to provide dedicated finance support to resolve VAT, revenue allocation and balance sheet reconciliation queries. The initial focus will be on validating existing transactions, correcting accounting treatment where required, and establishing robust reconciliations for several control accounts, including aged debtors, and VAT accounts.
About The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival & The Derby. Owning & operating 15 courses, millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.
As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible
At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.
About our team
At the Finance Centre, we’re here to support and help the teams across the Jockey Club. Helping our racecourses to deliver thrilling events daily. At the Finance Centre, we have four key teams – Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Control and Finance Support. Our teams work smart and are not fazed by high transactional volumes – each month, we’re managing and processing thousands of transactions.
The Financial Accountant will
- Review sales transactions to confirm they have been raised correctly and allocated to the correct business unit.
- Investigate and resolve VAT, GL coding and transaction classification issues.
- Review and correct transactions where required, maintaining a clear audit trail of adjustments.
- Reconcile key balance sheet control accounts to source transaction records, including aged debtors and VAT accounts.
- Support month-end close activities and ensure key balance sheet reconciliations are complete, accurate and supported by complete documentation.
- Create and document the reconciliation processes, controls and supporting procedures.
About you
- Strong practical understanding of UK VAT, particularly output VAT and sales transactions.
- Strong experience of balance sheet control account reconciliations, including sales ledger/aged debtors.
- Comfortable investigating large transaction volumes and posting corrective journals.
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills
- Proactive, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to investigate and resolve issues independently.
What we offer in return
- All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
- An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
- A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
- Competitive salary with generous bonus structure
- 25 days annual leave
- A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.
If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is 13th October but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have many applications.
This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.
Financial Accountant in Cheltenham employer: The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture where customer service excellence is at the forefront. Located at Newmarket Racecourses, employees enjoy unique benefits such as free access to race days and music events, a generous pension scheme, and extensive learning opportunities, all while being part of a diverse team dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences for racegoers and stakeholders alike.
